show me your flat trackers and desert racers

[Long-Gone]

Bobbers, bobbers, bobbers- choppers, choppers, choppers! Don't get me wrong; I run a bobber myself but there is a world of other bikes out there that are the coolest fuckin things in the world.

Like for instance the trackmaster in this months Dice- I defy anyone to tell me that isnt the coolest bike. I only bought my Triumph cos I saw one that was trying to be a trackmaster and then the guy who owned that bike went and bought himself a real trackmaster- what a beast.

So show me your flat trackers and desert racers.

[grail21]

not photos, but cool bikes none the less... check out more here:
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/copp...s.php?album=34

[racer32]

My Modern ride that I sold last year:

A vintage Champion "in the nude": (for sale)

A bultaco I used to have:

I'll see if I can take some pic's of some others I have hanging around here. I got a few, including a HD MX250-based bike that belonged to an Ex-GNC #1 plate rider. This bike isn't mine, but I'm trying to find a decent early Sportster to build a replica:



I've given up in ever finding one of these:

[Bobb]

Not mine, but I like the layout. Racer32, what brand/size front tire is that on your Bultaco? Dragon, are they the same as the one on your BSA pic?

[Dragon]

I have a soft spot for early BSA Spitfire Hornet desert sleds....and have a very original complete '64 but no good pix yet, here's some off the net tho -


Factory brochure for very early SH





Except for the incorrect TT pipes, this one is very nice. Not many of this early series left.



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[racer32]

Originally Posted by Bobb

Not mine, but I like the layout. Racer32, what brand/size front tire is that on your Bultaco? Dragon, same as your BSA?

Pirelli MT-53 in 4.00 x 19 Wish someone would repro them! I only have a few left that aren't rock hard.

[Dragon]

Likewise, I covet the Triumph Bonneville TT Specials...factory no-lighting hotrods, most became desert sleds.


Here's a '65





A '66





And a '67 (someone added the taillamp and speedo)



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[Donzzilla]

Trackmaster Triumph. I built this for a customer almost 15 years ago. We have seen several imitations over the years. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Still a very cool bike, Don

[Richie]

Have I posted any of these here yet?
These are from Brockton, MA this past October.
I've got a ton of cool photos from the pits that will have to wait.
They are at home & my computer there has suffered a meltdown.

[Chuckamatic]

Now this is some GOOD STUFF!!!!

[boondocker]

Here's a few pics I snapped at an AHRMA event:

[boondocker]

Originally Posted by Donzzilla

Trackmaster Triumph. I built this for a customer almost 15 years ago. We have seen several imitations over the years. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Still a very cool bike, Don

That bike is amazing... I remember seeing that photo in a magazine (has it been 15 years?) I had it posted up on the wall in my cubicle. Timeless beauty man.

[knotwerk]

found this on 650motorcycles.com... and have been dreaming of making my own version..... it just looks like trouble...

[Donzzilla]

Here's my '69 Champion framed, Woody Kyle motored, 350cc, Kawasaki Big Horn that I race in AHRMA's 600 sportsman class. Looking for more pix. You can see my HD and Bultaco in the background

Don

[Donzzilla]

HD Sprint CR 250cc Factory Kit racer. This bike would look killer under your tree!!!

[Okiecockfighter]

check out this video i found on www.flattrack.com the other day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUEyW...flattrack.com/

[Donzzilla]

I just looked. It was on the cover of Old Bike Journal magazine October '97. It was shot 4-5 months before that and the bike was done almost a year before the bike, photographer (Jeff Hackett) the weather and myself could get in one place at the same time. So more like 12 years ago.

We did use the same shot in our catalog www.metroracing.com web site and some advertising over the years.

Don

Originally Posted by boondocker

That bike is amazing... I remember seeing that photo in a magazine (has it been 15 years?) I had it posted up on the wall in my cubicle. Timeless beauty man.

[Donzzilla]

My '79 250cc Bultaco Astro. This one is my all time favorite. I race it in the AHRMA 250 Sportsman class.

Don

[Donzzilla]

This one is currently under resto. Hopefully to be done in time for Mid Ohio Vintage days, Triumph mark. It's Don Castro's Factory Red Line framed 750cc Triumph with the Tracy Fiberglass works body work that was banned by the AMA at San Jose 1/2 mile in 1972.

$$$$$$$ Reward for anyone getting me any color pix of this bike. I have a lot of black and whites, but will concider any Castro pic from '71-'72

Don

[hillbillyhell]

Yeah, this thread pretty much makes me horny.

[boondocker]

Originally Posted by Donzzilla

I just looked. It was on the cover of Old Bike Journal magazine October '97. It was shot 4-5 months before that and the bike was done almost a year before the bike, photographer (Jeff Hackett) the weather and myself could get in one place at the same time. So more like 12 years ago.

We did use the same shot in our catalog www.metroracing.com web site and some advertising over the years.

Don

Ok. That makes sense then. I used to pick up Old Bike Journal every once in a while and I also at one point was going to buy a vintage Husky jersey from your site so I prolly saw it on there too. I had restored a 79 390cr and was going to go racing... after woods riding it a couple of times I realized I was way to old for that crap lol. (sorry for the thread jack)

[Long-Gone]

Now that's more like it- I might just watch On Any Sunday and my day will be complete. Thanks for the pics.

[Cyclone]

Any more pics of these types of Sonic-Weld/Trackmaster frames?
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[GASIT]

[GASIT]

Nicely put together Trumpet someone rode to Bud Ekins Memorial.

[GASIT]

[Billdozer2]

Not vintage, but it's a great street-legal hybrid of both flat track and desert bike that would be ass loads of fun on the street and reasonably cheap to build. Imagine tear-assing around in a pack of these!

[dandruff]

This is a 500 that was racing in Perris a while ago. The owner Lenny said he built it for under $2500. Check out the K&N breathers on the rocker caps.

This is Joe Pape's 53 KR...dual plug heads with dual mags, and no brakes. Fun. The Triumph is a 66 bonneville Jack Hatley built...currently owned by Yaniv at powerplant in LA. I rode all of these and it made me wanna build something...

[freakycody]

Originally Posted by Billdozer2

Not vintage, but it's a great street-legal hybrid of both flat track and desert bike that would be ass loads of fun on the street and reasonably cheap to build. Imagine tear-assing around in a pack of these!

Uhm.. what is this? This bike rocks!! I know its a honda but more details would be sick. And what is reasonably cheap?

[sLowrider]

Originally Posted by Donzzilla

Trackmaster Triumph. I built this for a customer almost 15 years ago. We have seen several imitations over the years. I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Still a very cool bike, Don

Can anyone tell me what tyres those are?? Goodyears??? And does anyone know who sells them?

Cheers Johnny

[Billdozer2]

Originally Posted by freakycody

Uhm.. what is this? This bike rocks!! I know its a honda but more details would be sick. And what is reasonably cheap?

It's a Honda XR650 (or 600?) desert bike with different forks, custom subframe, lowered rear shock or dog bones, tank, seat pan, etc. I don't think the actual frame was modified, but it's also not finished in this pic. I don't know much about it, but I know you can find the "L" for "Legal" models on CL once in a while for 2k or so depending on how hammered it is. Probably cheaper outside of CA. The design hasn't changed in a long time on these bikes and there is lots of aftermarket support on the mods so engine parts and tuning stuff is real easy to come by. They are known to be workhorse motors and routinely run 100mph plus in baja all day, so on the street... Can you tell I'm in love with it too?! I'm sure there are ADV riders on here who could tell you lots more about them.

[Donzzilla]

The Good Year tires in question are now Dunlops. You can get them from Gary Nixon in Cockysville,MD 410 472 2131

Originally Posted by sLowrider

Can anyone tell me what tyres those are?? Goodyears??? And does anyone know who sells them?

Cheers Johnny

[sLowrider]

Originally Posted by Donzzilla

The Good Year tires in question are now Dunlops. You can get them from Gary Nixon in Cockysville,MD 410 472 2131

Thanks. I googled Gary Nixon but just got tons of stuff about his racing past. Does anyone have a link? Maybe I'd get them from somewhere like Omars?

[Ed]

that KTM just knocked me out. i'm dizzy, dizzy i say.

[Donzzilla]

Sorry I forgot the web site www.garynixon.com

Don

Originally Posted by sLowrider

Thanks. I googled Gary Nixon but just got tons of stuff about his racing past. Does anyone have a link? Maybe I'd get them from somewhere like Omars?

[boondocker]

Don,
You got any more pics of your trackmaster bike?

Thanks.

[Donzzilla]

I do, but they are all 2 1/4x2 1/4 slides and my scanner won't scan them. I'll hunt down a magazine and try and scan them photos.

Don

Originally Posted by boondocker

Don,
You got any more pics of your trackmaster bike?

Thanks.

[caffeine]

that XR is cool

[boondocker]

Originally Posted by Donzzilla

I do, but they are all 2 1/4x2 1/4 slides and my scanner won't scan them. I'll hunt down a magazine and try and scan them photos.

Don

Awesome. Thank you.

[ChiChi]

Great thread with great pics, keep em coming!

[missinglink]

How about these?

[Motorcycho]

[RacerX13]

This is a great thread, keep it up...my favorite stuff...

Question, where the heck do these guys get these little flat track / cafe seats, they are like nothing that I have seen any where else -

[L-bow]

Matchless

[fatass]

Originally Posted by RacerX13

Question, where the heck do these guys get these little flat track / cafe seats, they are like nothing that I have seen any where else -

Try this place to begin with:

http://www.gopherglass.com/

[GASIT]

Line'm up for the Heat Races.

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

The Thrill of Victory !

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

The Late ,Great, Ed Kretz's Sport Scout.

[Bobb]

Originally Posted by Donzzilla

This one is currently under resto. Hopefully to be done in time for Mid Ohio Vintage days, Triumph mark. It's Don Castro's Factory Red Line framed 750cc Triumph with the Tracy Fiberglass works body work that was banned by the AMA at San Jose 1/2 mile in 1972.

$$$$$$$ Reward for anyone getting me any color pix of this bike. I have a lot of black and whites, but will concider any Castro pic from '71-'72

Don

Don,

Have you contacted Dan Rouit? He has a museum of flat trackers and may have some pics of that Castro bike for you:

http://www.vft.org/RouitMuseum/Galle...leryIndex.html

Here's a 250 Trump ridden by Castro in the early 70's:



That's a great Trackmaster Trump in your earlier post! I'd like to see some more of that one, too.

Bob

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

Trackmaster Triple

[jlsmith37804]

My XS, bored to 750, now has Mikunis, some other goodies. Still a project in the works, after 10yrs

[Hoofhearted]

Does this count as a desert racer? Norton/Weslake at El Mirage dry lake.[/IMG]

[flattracklarry]

http://www.geocities.com/waloo321/race.html

[rotorhead]

Originally Posted by Donzzilla

HD Sprint CR 250cc Factory Kit racer. This bike would look killer under your tree!!!

Was this the bike that was at the GNC at Monticello this past Sept?

[fouraceswes]

Here is mine. Belonged to an AMA hall a famer. Mike Parti

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by RacerX13

Question, where the heck do these guys get these little flat track / cafe seats, they are like nothing that I have seen any where else -

Bret of Glass from the past has just started posting here.....I keep hoping he'll put a site link in his profile or a signature....



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[Dragon]

Originally Posted by fouraceswes

Here is mine. Belonged to an AMA hall a famer. Mike Parti

Wes -

What's going on with that timing cover, is it one of these conversions to stash a mag behind the jugs ???




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[Hardball]

Custom nickel plated OIF track frame...It's not mine, but I dig it.

[fouraceswes]

yea, Doug. That is a Sam bass K2F magneto conversion on the unit cases. Kinda tricky and pretty rare. I have another set of cases back here that one day will be a chopper with a K2F or a Joe hunt.

[t-bone williams]

Some of you guys have seen mine before, but here it is again. Definitely belongs in this thread. I'm also finishing up a '66 Triumph T100SR flattracker that had been retired for several years. I will post pics of it soon.

[Donzzilla]

Yes. Pete G from Sideways Promotions kindly let me display it in front of his booth. Still for sale!!

Originally Posted by rotorhead

Was this the bike that was at the GNC at Monticello this past Sept?

[boondocker]

The desert king:



Stumbled across this while web surfing... had to post it somewhere.

[boondocker]

Who said sporty's are for girls?

[Swap meet Louie]

Originally Posted by boondocker

Who said sporty's are for girls?

No....But knee pads are.....Lol

[Bral]

I built a streetracker from a Guzzi once, it's not seen very often i guess..






here the tech sheet and more pic's

http://home.12move.nl/brallie/

[mkparker]

Certainly not vintage, but this Ron Wood, makes my sticker peck out!

[Al Smith]

That is 1 KICKASS Thumper! Wonder what he want's for it? Smitty

[racer32]

Originally Posted by Al Smith

That is 1 KICKASS Thumper! Wonder what he want's for it? Smitty

Woods doesn't make that bike anymore-Rotax quit making that engine. This is what you can get now:

[Oru4]

Here is my fav...

[Danny F.]

Nice flat-track posters...not cheap but big sizes...

http://eu.art.com/asp/display_artist...734DB67A92E680

[rigidude]

!

[knievel]

http://picasaweb.google.se/n.viktor5...35743436354514

My own street-tracker.

[Hoofhearted]

This thread is too good to let die. Does this count as a desert racer? My Norton at El Mirage dry lake.[/IMG]

[BSACafe]

^^^^^^and the current record holder^^^^^^

[Eightthirtysixcc]

Here is an old Honda CB350 track master frame.

[the roman]

Hey 836, is Joe Koons still around in LB? I haven' been there since I was a kid and it was for an organ concert.

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

[Hoofhearted]

You know how to put the knife in a twist it don't you.

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

[rigidude]

interesting opinion on dirtbike era. I agee...ever since my friend got a monoshock back in good ol 75' while i rode a regular elsinore..I knew i'd never plant both feet on the ground again and the end of my dirt career.
http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbik....jsp?id=357576

[Rice Burner]

I dont know about art but I know what I like.
check out this shit:
http://www.sideburnmagazine.com

[Moped]

.

[Rice Burner]

http://sideburnmagazine.com

seems like they've got flat trackers, desert racers, cheese crackers & pickles!

[Adams77]

My CB is a little big but it sure is fun.

[Motorcycho]

our very lame-ass club
http://ratbike.org/motorcycho/scorpions/pics.php

[octane98]

Originally Posted by Motorcycho

our very lame-ass club
http://ratbike.org/motorcycho/scorpions/pics.php

Brilliant bikes!!!!!!!!!!!!

[John Cortez]

Originally Posted by Moped

.

Be proud be strong

NAMBLA thats funny shit right there boy...I said BOY!

[freakycody]

This bike from http://sideburnmagazine.com sure is sick. Searched the site but this pic is all i found (on their main page).

[suprrat]

got a barn find 62 road rocket in storage, may have been used for flat tracking at one time

[fatass]

Don't stop now!!
My brother's Yamaha, which will soon be flattracker righteous:

[fatass]

One from the Horse show:

[fatass]

[fatass]

[gumbh]

Back in 03 i built a xs650 streettracker,but i had to sell it.Damn,that bike was cool.I guess Ill just have to build another.Way more attention than my Harley.

[GASIT]

The Factory Suzuki 1000 Super Tracker from a few years ago, in the throws of getting a new seat pad .

[Irishman]

My little '75

[Irishman]

back side

[Rice Burner]

this Jap street legal 'widow maker' is made in OZ by Deus Ex its based on an SR400 Machinahttp://www.deus.com.au
AWSOME!
Sideburn magazine has done an article on this bike & some of their other funky shit
from this very creative shop/cafe

[freakycody]

Originally Posted by Rice Burner

this Jap street legal 'widow maker' is made in OZ by Deus Ex its based on an SR400 Machinahttp://www.deus.com.au
AWSOME!
Sideburn magazine has done an article on this bike & some of their other funky shit
from this very creative shop/cafe

SICK! thanks for the info.. damn they make some wicked looking bikes!!

[Long-Gone]

As if by magic, after I this thread went quiet, I stumbled upon a link that took me to the coolest magazine dedicated to flat trackers- Sideburn. It even has a spread on Jay Springsteen. Anyone who was into this thread check the mag out

http://www.sideburnmagazine.com/WELCOME%20x.html

I haven't even opened my copy of Dice yet cos I'm still reading Sideburn

[Ed]

Originally Posted by GASIT

The Factory Suzuki 1000 Super Tracker from a few years ago, in the throws of getting a new seat pad .

is that a tl/sv motor? ouchhhhhhh!

[Dr. Benway]

Originally Posted by Ed

is that a tl/sv motor? ouchhhhhhh!

Wow. Thats' cool.

Motor layout is reminiscent of a certain desmodromic unit.

[the roman]

Pushed this one home 2 weeks ago from a couple blocks away....titled and everything.

Now to get it running and change out a few things and I'm off to the desert.....

[Rice Burner]

This is what Santa left me under the tree last Christmas. Just off down the shopping mall for some window shopping
- read narcissistic large reflective window SELF LOVE

[GASIT]

"Wild Man" Kenny Brown toured the country in the '60's putting on one man shows at Drag Strips with his incredible stunts, always on his trusty Triumph.

[GASIT]

[GASIT]

[Long-Gone]

Originally Posted by GASIT

Triumph rocks!

[flat out]

..restart last year at the historic cowley county fairgrounds
..vintage pro twin class .. nftradotcom ...
....my first race as a pro.. took home 12 us dollars that night
..aka kk#38 runnin' a 650 staracer

[flat out]

and the new red line norton
..flea-bay + 6500 us dollars = ours
.anderson engineering
...fabbed by a couple old racers outta kansas city .. kansas

[Soulfur]

Originally Posted by Rice Burner

Isn't this Jan Willem Jansen & isn't it running a beltdrive primary?

[flat out]

...quess we gotta buy the rag ta find out...
..sideburn baby
...go fast turn left

[Marco.Creep]

Mine all mine!

[flat out]

wow
...in NY you guys still drive to the track n pull off the lights and throw on the front plate and run...
..i am impressed!
..that very kool oldskool..

[Irishman]

Originally Posted by Marco.Creep

Mine all mine!

Sweet, that must be hella loud!

[vee2win]

My 650 TT Special (only because those are my initials!) TR6,Bonneville head,ARD mag,Mikunis,(starts easy!),CB750 front end...built it early '80's... http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...n/Triright.jpg

[flat out]

it's alive and runs like a stripped ass ape..
kept it under 55 for the break-in on a fresh
..motor. man, . that engine has torque for
..days baby, and what sheer joy to ride..
.regisration, insurance, headlight, taillight
got 4 free tickets to give away to the first
caller. .compliments of butler sheriff dept.
..
kk#38
.

[Chuckamatic]

Man, Flat Out, I don't know what the hell you are saying half the time, but it doesn't matter, I like the way you talk, and that is a sweet bike.

Originally Posted by flat out

it's alive and runs like a stripped ass ape..
kept it under 55 for the break-in on a fresh
..motor. man, . that engine has torque for
..days baby, and what sheer joy to ride..
.regisration, insurance, headlight, taillight
got 4 free tickets to give away to the first
caller. .compliments of butler sheriff dept.
..
kk#38
.

[Simon]

Saw that Norton - very nice stuff. Must go like a rabbit on speed.

[flat out]

..thumbs up baby
..anyone out there know the model these forks came offa?
..kk#38

[NEX]

My 58" xlch, that I want to become street legal.

And a teaser of the KZ 750 we did at the shop, with new black rims, also chek the youtube link ,for a lowfi film of this bike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MPMMDFEzo

[NEX]

Full view of the bike, just sold it !

[Dragon]

That's a cruel irony NEX, that your pic has a "tiny pic" url and it's twice as big as the screen.



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[NEX]

YA, why the f... is it doing that !

[Dragon]

You need to resize the pix first.

Or, if you'll use Photobucket they have a resizing option built-in. See the last of the pic-posting thread on the Questions board.



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[Chopperdave]

Built this originally 4 years ago, then took it apart, then it sat.
its all painted now and everythng is rebuilt, it will be back on the road by mid may! and --mike-- i need that seat pan back for it!! haha

[FlashMotorWorks]

i realy dig that front end!

[Irishman]

Originally Posted by NEX

Full view of the bike, just sold it !

Those pipes are sweet, where did you get them?

[NEX]

Those are some kind of copies, of British "Megatrons" ?? got'em from a local britpart store.

[Rune]

Someone got pic's on a certian old triumph saltracer?
I think the name of the owner of the bike was Joe Buffardi, and it appeard in a swedish magazine called Gasoline. Red frame and just two pipes as fueltank.
Think it was a '66.

[fatass]

Originally Posted by Greaser_Mike

The Sunday before last.....(too bad they closed the track down mid series....fuckers!!!!)

It's Harvey Mushman!!

[Rice Burner]

Originally Posted by Soulfur

Isn't this Jan Willem Jansen & isn't it running a beltdrive primary?

Yes Yes & Yes

He da man

[flat out]

..breakin out the red line norton 750 this friday
...flat trackin in kansas for over 100 years now

[racer32]

Originally Posted by flat out

..breakin out the red line norton 750 this friday
...flat trackin in kansas for over 100 years now

Wichita Jeeps is the shit! I crashed there once. Crushed a bunch of bones in my hand Sunday afternoon, drove home to Texas, and went to the doctor on Monday morning.

[Irritant]

Here's mine....
75 Honda XL350 Trackmaster....

[fatass]

Hope I have a good pic to post Sunday of my new '72 Kawi!

[fatass]

Should be running in the next day or so...

[shopgentei]

just picked this up today, threw the grips on and took the pic. i will be cleaning it up a little, but for the most part will stay as is...

[enloe]

I did a post about the wheels thru time museum on Monday there were some cool ones on it.

[mrlowlight]

Originally Posted by Irritant

Here's mine....
75 Honda XL350 Trackmaster....

nice one....stock engine? I had an XL 350 that I put a 410 kit into back in the 70's, it pulled effortless monos.

[mrlowlight]

Originally Posted by fatass

Should be running in the next day or so...

nice find that's all there....in Australia they were branded the Sidewinder, they were freakin fast for a 16 y/o who couldn't ride for shit.

[BlacksmithCycles]

You can still buy the XR750 motors from Harley....in kit form....for over $12000. Yes that is twelve thousand!!!

[flat out]

.
vintage twin pro class
81 speedway, kansas
... april the 25th 2008
#38 king kirk 750 norton 3rd
#72 m anderson 750 norton 4th
#7x lindfors XR 750 H-D 2nd
#21 dallas babcock XR 750 H-D 1st

[hahnda]

Bought this last weekend. I'm not a flat tracker but it looks good.

[Ron Peck]

nOOb here

[badcat]

well - here's my sr500 from new zealand.
just about all yamaha bits - including a yz250 USD front end shortened 4.5 inches!
still a work in progress, - but aren't they all?

ken in NZ

[racer32]

Originally Posted by hahnda

Bought this last weekend. I'm not a flat tracker but it looks good.

That's a Bultaco Sherpa T. "T" as in TRIALS...The suspension and steering geometry of that bike are for going slow and climbing straight up, not sliding sideways on a flattrack at speed. BE CAREFUL!!!

[Flat Ernie]

Originally Posted by Eightthirtysixcc

Originally Posted by flat out

Originally Posted by Marco.Creep

Originally Posted by flat out

Originally Posted by Irritant

Originally Posted by flat out

I absolutely love the sleek lines of these tanks. I want one. What am I looking for? I've searched eBay under "flat track" "dirt track" "board track" "track" - and multiple variations all with no luck. Surely, it's just I'm not using the right name for this style of tank...

A little help?

[hooktool]

Kawasaki KX125 with Trackmaster frame-Champion body. Bultaco Astro motor/Pursang frame. Around 1974.

It sure was fun.

Joh

[HenneseyKell]

[flat out]

..we run staracer tanks n fenders
.find on flea bay used sometimes
.. http://staracerframes.com/
kk#38

[Long-Gone]

From the slideshow I posted of last weekend

[ol_scratch]

This is my one BSA I found in guys basement that sat for 20 years. The tank was already on it. But with the Ceriani's, bobbed fender, stripped down, and bars I thought it gave a street tracker appeal kind of. Damn thing kicked over on its fifth kick after those 20 years. Sat in storage the last few years, but I pulled it a few weeks ago, put a lightning tank on it, rewired and am making a new seat and rearsets for it right now.

[Doubleshots]

I love the flattrack look.

A Harley Sprint, Harley Hummer and a Triumph

[Chris B.]

kick a$$ ride.

Originally Posted by GASIT

[Chris B.]

wow. i mean WOW...

Originally Posted by HenneseyKell

[Chopperdave]

Here's that bike again, finished...

[Long-Gone]

Originally Posted by Chopperdave

Here's that bike again, finished...

Wow that looks like it means business. You got any "Go fast turn left" video of this beast in action?

[Cain]

That came out f-ing rad Dave!

Originally Posted by Chopperdave

Here's that bike again, finished...

[eb77k]

The real deal. '69 900 ironhead in a lawill chassis.

[Skreee]

Here's my 1972 Bultaco Astro 360cc custom street tracker (soon it will have a late 60's vintage Mercurio tank painted with the later Astro dots-and-dashes scheme).

[chero231]

Donnzilla....love that bike you built for some lucky guy...how much to build another with that flat tracker look? Thanks, Ted.

[Caferacingparts]

I found this last night in a box of old family photos. An uncle and his slightly customed 1966 Triumph 650 Bonneville TT Special. The picture was taken some time in 1967 when he was 19 or 20. Being his only transportation at the time, he commuted during the week and raced it on the weekends, sometimes drag racing it on alcohol. He still has the bike.

[boondocker]

Steve:

[lairdog]

[thunderplex]

[Lurkingclass]

Welcome. Now that's an intro! Awesome pics, but they're kinda small. Very cool though.

[Toecutterp]

I'm only into 80's flat track racing

[Frosty]

Welcome aboard.

[gkgeiger]

Saw your post on HAMB and thought I'd stop back here and see what the response was. I went to all the Ohio races in the mid to late 60's. A friend of mine was Ohio # 38F expert. I was sort of a crew chief for him. I visited your website and it brought back a lot of memories. Cool pics!

[lowlife_slim]

my dad was pretty big into flattrack racing around that time.

[Caferacingparts]

Very cool stuff Thunderplex,
Just last night I was at a friend's house digging through his huge collection of old magazines and race programs from Castle Rock, Sidewinders, and other tracks here in the NW. Thanks for making all those photos available. Good stuff.

[thunderplex]

How about looking here...

http://www.thunderplex.com/flattrack/ftmain.htm

I was a Cycle News contributing editor during the '70's.

...click on all of the pages. 100's of pics...

Also check out the Rex Beauchamp Memorial page...

Joe

[blackbob]

heres mine

pity I aint got no desert

[motomotard]

Originally Posted by flat out

cant get enough of this

[speedfiend]

great looking bike, Is that tank from Omar's?

[thunderplex]

[Dragon]

Obviously you'd like to get lots of traffic to your site...

But what about just posting some pics here, we have several interesting flat track pic threads going:

Flat Track Fun

Old flat track pics!

show me your flat trackers and desert racers

.



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[boondocker]

Any pics of Aldana Nortons would be awesome man.

[lotus]

nice! They used to have flat track racing here in the early 80's. We would flat track race our three wheelers and the main attraction was the flat trackers at the end of the night. It was a small track and there were always lots of wrecks.

[Nottso]

My boyhood hero was "Super Fred" Smith. He raced Yamahas and Triumphs for my Dad's shop, then got a factory ride with H-D in the early to mid 70's (national plate 42). I'd love to find any and all old pics.

[Donzzilla]

Joe. Here's one of your old subjects (Jay Springsteen) on my wkr Big Horn Kawasaki. I have Woody Kyle's bike that Jay Ridgeway, Jeff Purvis and Ed Salley rode, here for a resto. I seen some small pix of Ridgeway on your site. Do you have any bigger, or more pix I could use to help with the resto.

The other pic is of Don Castro's factory Triumph that I just restored. Any other pix of Don on the Triumph would be cool too.

Thanks,Don Miller www.metroracing.com

[Nottso]

Super Fred

[speedfiend]

heres some from british in the blueridge 08'. the triumph w' the alloy tank belongs to a friend, the yellow Norton was done by brian at British and





American Bikes in Atl., the BSA, i don't remember if it was a trackmaster or



not, but the one piece glass work is nice. the blue triumph is OK, but I would like to see a real track tank on it



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[Snake]

Nice....

[Caferacingparts]

Originally Posted by speedfiend

The BSA, i don't remember if it was a trackmaster or not.
.

It's a slightly modified 1971 BSA/Triumph OIF chassis. And it looks real good.

[Snake]

Wow, I just found my next bar hopper... then again, the cops couldnt help but pull me over...

[splitter]

Working on this at the moment, 1975 T140V homemade pipes & inlet manifolds, mark 2 Amal's, modify'd Dresda swinging arm off a Honda 750 four.

[ironwigwam]

My salt desert racer

[Al Smith]

Wouldn't happen to know anyone who has 1 of those glass setups like is on the 7D bike in your pics would you,or a Tracy setup? Thanks Smitty

[Mike53]

Here's a couple

[motomotard]

that first matchless is the shit


anybody know how those dirt track dunlops handle on the highway?

[Donzzilla]

The old Good Year DTII's/Dunlops handel just fine on the street. They just tend to wear a little quicker than a street tire. Get the harder compound "8's" and you'll be fine.

[hillbillyhell]

Originally Posted by motomotard

that first matchless is the shit


anybody know how those dirt track dunlops handle on the highway?

K180s? They're awesome.

[lennyway]

[Trent]

[Flatironmike]

clean machine

[flattracklarry]

WOW. That Knuck rocks. Great work, Trent.

[lennyway]

isn't this the sweetest norton you evr saw?

[El Kabong!!]

Originally Posted by lennyway

isn't this the sweetest norton you evr saw?

Absolutely the coolest flat tracker ever built. This bike was built by Ron Woods (not the guitarist in The Stones!) and various forms of it were ridden by Alex Jorgenson, Jody Nicholas, Rob Morrison and Dave Aldana. This was the last iteration ridden by Jorgeson. Note the notched front down tube/oil tank. I love this bike.

[lennyway]

i like he color scheme and the wheels on this one

[flat out]

"Absolutely the coolest flat tracker ever built."
..just aint no accounting for taste..
..
..
i am kinda partal to the ones on the tracks across america that are racin today..
kk#38

[flat out]

the first machine i ever tried to run around in circles on..
..never to fast, butt, the girls loved me.. smile.. kk
.

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[66triumph]

found this over on the iron head thread, anybody got any info on it? was gunna ask the person who posted it,
but I saw that he had been banned for acting out... any one else holding on to some sportster based dirt bike pic's?

[Hoofhearted]

My 1960 DOT desert bike. They really should have changed the name from DOT to POS.
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[boondocker]

Found this Interceptor 700 while doing a little research around google...

[notsohotrod]

Originally Posted by Richie

Have I posted any of these here yet?
These are from Brockton, MA this past October.
I've got a ton of cool photos from the pits that will have to wait.
They are at home & my computer there has suffered a meltdown.

Who's the jerk with the red and white poka-dot welders cap in the bottom pic?????? Oh wait, thats my DAD. He is a jerk though.......

[vee2win]

My CR from late 60's and early 70's,and my present CR(Never shoulda sold the Trackmaster!!)





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[not45blesk]

vee2twin

the frame in the bikes look very strange - the engines were suspended low with no skid plate ?

cheers

[thefrenchowl]

Hi, 66 triumph,



This is a mid sixties Sportster XLRTT racer, mag in front of engine, owned by a guy called Marsh. A bit special in that it's fitted with a rare set of 60's alloy factory heads based on the iron ones castings.

Here's the guy with his other ride, a KRTT in the same lines:



Patrick

[66triumph]

thanks for the info. I'm really in love with that bike! kinda blends MX style with a twist of chopper. really kick ass... any other pics of it?